Gyllene Tider was the first record ever released by Per Gessle and his group Gyllene Tider and this self titled EP was financed by the members of the group since they had no contract with any record company. The songs were recorded at Studio CMP in Halmstad during July and August 1978 with the original members of the group:

The songs on this EP were not available anywhere else (except on some bootleg CDs) until they were released as a bonus CD together with the reissue of Gyllene Tider's first album in the summer of 2000. Different versions of the songs Billy and När alla vännerna gått hem were originally included on the albums Gyllene Tider and Moderna Tider.

Only 900 copies of this EP were ever made, of which some where sent to different record companies in order to try to get their attention. The record was also for sale and the group promoted it themselves by putting up posters in Halmstad and surrounding areas. The posters were printed on pink paper and had the following message:

"Gyllene Tider hat inte SEX utan fem låtar på sin nya EP. Köp den!"

Rough translation "Gyllene Tider doesn't have SEX (six and sex is spelled the same way in Swedish) but five songs on their new EP. Buy it!"

The person on the cover of the record was a classmate of Per Gessle and the phtotgraph was taken during a holiday trip in the summer of 1977.

Himmel No. 7 was Gyllene Tider's debut single on a mjor record label and the first edition of this single was released both on black and a limited edition on yellow vinyl.

This single was originally meant to be released as a double A-sided single but the printers made a nistake and therefore Himmel No. 7 was the A-side and Flickorna på TV2 the B-side on the first edition.

When the second edition of this single was released the mistake had been corrected and the song Flickorna på TV2 became the A-side.

The only way to spot the difference between the original release and the re-release is that Himmel No. 7 has A and B printed on the labels whereas Flickorna på TV2 has A1 and A2 printed.

Flickorna På TV2 was originally the B-side on Gyllene Tider's single Himmel No. 7 and it is one of the most popular songs recorded by the group.

Because of the mistake the first edition of this single had misprinted labels and Flickorna på TV2 ended up as the B-side. This was later changed so that the single was double A-sided on the second edition.

Since Swedish radio had already started to play Flickorna på TV2 it was decided that this song should be the lead track and it was therefore labelled as A1 and Himmel No. 7 labelled as A2.

The only was to spot the difference between the original release and the re-release is that Flickorna På TV2 has A1 and A2 printed on the labels whereas Himmel No. 7 has A and B printed.

After School was the only single released by the hobby group Peter Pop & The Helicopters and it was planned to be released before Gyllene Tider's breakthrough.

The songs were recorded at Studio 38 in Getinge in July 1979 and the only members of the group were Per Gessle and his close friend Mats "MP" Persson. The members of the group were supposed to remain a secret but the Swedish newspaper Expressen managed to reveal their identity in an article before the release of the single and therefore the sleeve was changed in the last minute.

Originally only 1287 copies of this single were made, of which 300 came in a plain white paper sleeve and were sent out as promotion with a small promotion sticker on it.

After Gyllene Tider's huge success the small record company Kap Records decided to make a new edition if 500 copies of the single to cash in on their success. The differences between the two releases are the colour of the text on the labels, the colour of the labels has been reversed and the reissue has A- and B-sides wheras the original release is double A-sided.

Gyllene Tider is Gyllene Tider's debut album and it was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm between August and September 1979.

The album includes hits like Flickorna På TV2 and Ska Vi Älska, Så Ska Vi Älska Till Buddy Holly and the first edition of the LP was released in a limited edition on yellow vinyl.

When the album was released on CD in 1990 (in the box set Kompakta Tider) and 1991 (as a seperate CD) the following bonus tracks were included:

24:e December - The first song ever released by Gyllene Tider on an EMI record. This song was previously only available on the Christmas compilation album Glitter, Glögg & Rock'N'Roll.

Åh Ziggy Stardust (Var Blev Du Av?) - This song is a tribute to David Bowie and it was originally recorded for this album. Before it was included on this CD the song was only available on the compilation album Parlophone Pop! Instant Hits, Singlar & Out-Takes... Vol. 1.

Marie I Växeln - This is a Swedish cover of Rockpile's song Switchboard Susan and it was recorded under the name Rockfile for the compilation album Parlophone Pop! Instant Hits, Singlar & Out-Takes... Vol. 1.

Ska Vi Älska, Så Ska Vi Älska Till Buddy Holly was the second single taken from Gyllene Tider's debut album Gyllene Tider and the first edition of this single was released on yellow vinyl in a die-cut sleeve.

The second edition of this single was released on black vinyl (but with two diferent centres) in a die-cut sleeve and it is in fact harder to find than the original release.

Per Gessle sent an English version of the song to Paul McCartney, since Paul had the rights to all of Buddy Holly's songs, but he never got a reply.

Moderna Tider is Gllene Tider's second album and it was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm between August and September 1980 and in January 1981.

The first edition of the LP included a bonus EP called Swing & Sweet! which increased the interest for the new album. The first edtition of the cassette included all four of the songs from the EP and therefore had a slightly different track listing compared to the second edition.

When the album was released on CD in 1990 (in the box set Kompakta Tider) and 1991 (as a seperate CD) the song from the EP were included together with the following tracks:

Ljudet Av Ett Annat Hjärta and Teena - Both songs were previously only avaiable on the single Ljudet Av Ett Annat Hjärta.

Tylö Sun is a Swedish version of The Rivieras' hit California Sun and it was recorded by Gyllene Tider under the name Halmstads Pärlor for the compilation cassette Radio Parlophone.

This version of the song is totally different compared to the version that later on was featured on their single Sommartider and their CD Puls. It's actually Mickael "Micke Syd" Andersson on lead vocals and the thought was that he would do a Ringo Starr (drummer in The Beatles) and release a solo single with Tylö Sun and Min Tjej Och Jag. The idea was later scratched...

Only 300 copies of this white label one-sided promotion single were made and it was sent out in a plain white paper sleeve.

Beating Heart was a promotion single with English versions of Gyllene Tider's songs När vi två blir en (Beating heart) and Leka med elden (To play with fire) and both of these songs are unavailable on any other EMI release.

This single was the first attempt to promote Gyllene Tider outside Sweden and they chose the name Modern Times for this project since nobody would be able to pronounce the group real name. The name was later trashed due to the existence of another band named Modern Times.

Only 300 copies of this single were made and some of these were sent to the EMI offices in Europe to sound out any interest in releasing any album by the group.

Gyllene Tider actually recorded a whole album with English versions of some of their songs but since none of the EMI companies showed any interest in this single the thought of an album release were cancelled.

Ingenting Av Vad Du Behöver is a song which Gyllene Tider recorded at Studio 38 in Getinge in November 1981. Marie Fredriksson appears on backing vocals and this was the first time that Per and Marie recorded something together.

The reason for this recording was that the Swedish rock magazine Schlager wanted to release a New Year's single which eventually was sent out as a Christmas gift to subscribers of this magazine.

Ingenting av vad du behöver was not available anywhere else until 1990 when it was included as a bonus track on the CD release of the album Puls.

Only 400 copies of this red vinyl single were made but a test pressing on black vinyl in a plain white paper sleeve does also exist.

För Dina Bruna Ögons Skull was a limited edition Fan Club single released by Gyllene Tider and the idea was inspired by The Beatles' Fan Club from the sixties.

The single was only made 5000 copies and it includes a short interview with the group together with two previously unreleased songs. Both of these songs were unavailable anywhere else until 1990 when they were included as bonus tracks on the CD release of the album Moderna Tider.

För dina bruna ögons skull was originally written by Per Gessle for the Swedish "Eurovision Song Contest" selection in 1980. The song was performed by Lasse Lindbom Band and ended up last in the Swedish final.

Puls is Gyllene Tider's third album and it was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm between February and June 1982. The album was supposed to be recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London but the idea was cancelled due to lack of time.

The album includes hits like Sommartider and Flickan I En Cole Porter-Sång and when the album was released on CD in 1990 (in the box set Kompakta Tider) and 1991 (as a seperate CD) the following bonus tracks were included:

Tylö Sun and Vart Tog Alla Vänner Vägen? - Both songs were previously released on the single Sommartider.

I Go To Pieces - This song was previously released as B-side on the single Flickan I En Cole Porter-Sång.

Threnody - This song was written for the former ABBA member Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad and was included on her solo album Something's Going On, Gyllene Tider's version of this song is taken from the compilation album Radio Parlophone - Andra Sändningen.

Hej, Bara Vara Nära and Skäll Att Tvivla - These songs were originally recorded for this album but were previously unreleased.

Hi Fidelity - This song is taken from the compilation album Hi Fidelity!.

Offside! - This song is taken from the compilation cassette Rockriff Från Halmstad.

Marie, Marie - This song is taken from the compilation album Radio Parlophone - Andra Sändningen.

Ingeting Av Vad Du Behöver - This song was originally recorded for the rock magazine Schlager and was released as a New Year's single in 1981.

Flickan I En Cole Porter-Sång was the second single taken from Gyllene Tider's album Puls and the title is taken from the movie "Save The Tiger!" with Jack Lemmon in which he says: "-I want that girl in a Cole Porter song!"

The song I go to pieces is a cover of Peter & Gordon's hit from 1965 and it features Gyllene Tider under the name Modern Times. I go to pieces was not available anywhere else until 1990 when it was included as a bonus track on the CD release of the album Puls.

Per Gessle is the first solo album by Per Gessle and it was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm in February 1983.

The first issue of the Swedish LP was released in a gatefold sleeve but the second edition was only available with a regular sleeve. After a while the album was re-released and this time the LP was made in The Netherlands but the sleeve was still made in Sweden.

When the album was released on CD in 1992 (in the box set På Väg only) and in 1994 (as a seperate CD) the following bonus tracks were included:

Överallt and Man Varnade För Halka - Both songs were previously released on the single Om Du Har Lust.

När Morgonen Kommer - This song was previously only available on the compilation album Radio Parlophone - Andra Sändningen.

Teaser Japanese was the only single taken from Gyllene Tider's album The Heartland Café and it was their first single to be released commercially as 12''.

In order to promote the single Gyllene Tider made their first (and only) promotion video.

The song Young Girl was originally written for Per Gessle's teenage idols Hep Stars and it was unavailable anywhere else until 1990 when it was included as a bonus track on the CD release of the album The Heartland Café.

Teaser Japanese was also released on 7'' in The Netherlands and in the U.S.A. under the name Roxette. In the U.S.A. the song Can You Touch Me? was chosen as the B-side but that song was not included on the mini album Heartland.

Heartland was a 6-track mini album released in the U.S.A. by Gyllene Tider under the name Roxette. The songs were taken from their album The Heartland Café which was released in Sweden earlier the same year.

Because of Gyllene Tider's popularity in Sweden EMI decided to import copies of the mini album during fall of 1984. Since numerous copies of this album was sold in Swedish record shops it is easier to find second hand copies of the mini album in Sweden than in North America.

The name of the group was changed to Roxette as it was seen as a more international name and this was in fact the first time that Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson appeared together on a record under the name Roxette.

The name Gyllene was considered for a while and it was supposed to be pronounced "Djillin" in English. Per Gessle's comment was: "If a band can be named Duran Duran then why not Gyllene?"

There are two different pressings of this mini album and the only difference between them is the engravement on the run-off groove:

Galning was the second single taken from Per Gessle's solo album Scener and the song was actually recorded and produced by all of the members of Gyllene Tider. This version of the song is different from the album version and is not available anywhere else.

The song Kapten was also taken from the album Scener but this song does not include the members of Gyllene Tider.

Only 230 copies of the promotion 12'' were made and it includes the same versions of the song as the commercial single.

Inte Tillsammans, Inte Isär was the third single taken from Per Gessle's solo album Scener and the single included three previously unreleased songs which were later included on the CD release of the album in 1992.

Some of the former members of Gyllene Tider participate on this record together with Marie Fredriksson who sings backing vocals on Inte tillsammans, inte isär and Mandonlindagar. The Swedish duo Lili & Susie sings backing vocals on Ute på landet.

The picture on the cover is taken from Marlon Brando movie "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Sommartider is one of Gyllene Tider's most popular songs and it was originally released as a single in 1982 but in connection with Gyllene Tider's 10 - year anniversary in 1989 the single was re-released.

The only way to see the difference between the original release and the re-release is that the new issue of this single has 29/5-89 engraved on the run-off groove and that the adress to the Fan Club is removed from the B-side label.

The song was also released on 12'' and CDS at this time and they both included a remix of the song which is unavailable anywhere else.

Only 6.400 copies of the remix 12'' were made and it was released in both a die-cut picture sleeve and a regular picture sleeve. Only 1.900 copies of the CDS were made and this was Gyllene Tider's first release ever on CD.

In 1995 the single was once again supposed to be re-released (catalogue number 8651772) but the idea was later cancelled. A special promotion CDS was, however, released in only 1.500 copies and they all came in a plastic case without any inlay.

Instant Hits 1979-1989! was the first Gyllene Tider greatest hits album and it was released in connection whith the 10 - year anniversary of the group.

The album includes 17 of their most popular songs together with six new songs recorded under the name Pers Garage. The reason they used another name for the new recordings was that Anders Herrlin was not present and the group had made an agreement not to use the name Gyllene Tider on a recording unless all of the original members were present.

The commercial 2-LP was released in a gatefold die-cut sleeve but a special promotion edition of the sleeve was also made and the only difference between the sleeves is that the promotion edition was released without die-cut. The special edition of the picture sleeve was used for promotional puposes only and was never for sale in the record shops but some copies managed to reach the collectors market anyway.

On the spine of the 2-LP the following message is printed: "Gyllene Tider 10 År - Äntligen Lika Gamla Som Våra Fans!"

Rough translation: "Gyllene Tider 10 Years - Finally The Same Age As Our Fans!"

When Gyllene Tider released their second greatest hits album Halmstads Pärlor in 1995 it was decided that Instant Hits 1979-1989 should be withdrawn. Most of the copies that was sold of this album were 2-LPs and therefore the CD is quite rare today.

Flickorna På TV2 was originally released as a single in 1979 and it was Gyllene Tider's first hit in Sweden.

In connection with Gyllene Tider's 10-anniversary in 1989 the single was re-released on both black and yellow vinyl as well as on a remix 12''.

The difference between the reissue and the original release of this single (both on black and yellow vinyl) is that the new edition has a solid center (instead of a push-out center), the date 890816 is engraved on the run-off groove and it has a thin (instead of thick) die-cut graphic sleeve. The new edition of the yellow vinyl 7'' als has a bright yellow colour whereas the original release has a clear yellow colour.

Only 1.000 copies of this 12'' were made and it includes a special remix of the song which is unavailable anywhere else.

Småstad / Om Hon Visste Vad Hon Ville is a double A-sided single released by the group Pers Garage and both of the songs are taken from Gyllene Tider's greatest hits album Instant Hits 1979 - 1989!.

Only 1200 copies of this single were made and some of these were actually pressed with the song Om hon visste vad hon ville on both sides.

The sleeve consists of photographs taken from the promotion video for Småstad which was directed by Mats Jonstam who also directed the promotion video for Om hon visste vad hon ville during the same period 1989.

Kompakta Tider is a CD box set comprising Gyllene Tider's four albums and the live-CD Parkliv! which is only available with this box.

This was the first time Gyllene Tider's album were made available on CD and they all include several bonus tracks taken from singles and compilation albums together with some previously unreleased songs.

The live-album Parkliv! was recorded in Mjölby during their "Moderna Tider" tour in the summer of 1981.

Parkliv! was the first live-album by Gyllene Tider released and it was recorded during a concert in Mjölby on July 31, 1981. The album was never released on vinyl and is only available with the CD box set Kompakta Tider which was released in 1990.

"Parkliv!" was also the name of the movie which was filmed during this tour and had its premiere in the fall of 1981. The director of the movie was Lars "Lasse" Hallström ("ABBA - The Movie", "My Life As A Dog", "The Cider House Rules" and others) and the movie has been shown on Swedish television a few times.

In connection with the premiere of the movie Gyllene Tider released their new single Ljudet Av Ett Annat Hjärta, a song which was also performed during the concerts on this tour.

På Väg, 1982-86 was a 5-track promotion CDS for the box set På Väg, 1982-86, which was released by Per Gessle in 1992.

This CDS includes two songs from the album Per Gessle (På Väg and Tända En Sticka Till), two songs from the album Scener (Inte Tillsammans, Inte Isär and Rickie Lee) and one song from the new album Demos, 1982-86, which is only available with the box set På Väg, 1982-86.

Only 550 copies of this promotion CDS were made and it was never released as a commercial single.

Demos, 1982-86 is an album by Per Gessle which is only available with the box set På Väg, 1982-86.

The album includes 14 songs of which the following three have been recorded and released by other Swedish artists:

Blåa Jeans (Och Röda Läppar) - Niklas Strömstedt used the lyrics to this song for his own song with the same name which was included on his album Andra Äventyr and on the compilation album Radio Parlophone - Andra Sändningen.

Segla På Ett Moln - Anne-Lie Rydé recorded this song for her album Anne-Lie Rydé.

Krig - Monica Törnell recorded this song for her album Mica.

The album also includes a demo version of the song Som I En Dröm which was recorded in January 1986. This song was later translated into English and became the song So Far Away which was recorded by Roxette and included on their album Pearls Of Passion.

Halmstads Pärlor is Gyllene Tider's second greatest hits album and this time the songs were remastered by Per Gessle before the album was released.

The album includes three newly recorded songs (Det Är Över Nu, Kung Av Sand and Det Är Blommor Som Har Fångat Dig) together with one previouly unreleased song (Du Är En Gangster, Älskling!) which was originally recorded fot their album Puls in 1982.

To promote the release of the album an exclussive live performance was made by Gyllene Tider at the club Penny Lane in Halmstad on May 15, 1995.

In the summer of 1996 the album was re-released and as a bonus it included their newly recorded 4-track CDS.

Produced by Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom, except tracks no. 1, 19 & 20 which was produced by Michael Ilbert and Gyllene Tider.

The Lonely Boys is an album released by the hobby group The Lonely Boys which was formed to record a soundtrack for the book "De Ensamma Pojkarana" which was written by the Swedish rock / sport journalist Mats Olsson.

The recording of the album took only five days and seven of the songs were specially written for this album. The other seven are:

So Much In Love - This is a cover of the Mick Jagger / Keith Richards song (never recorded by The Rolling Stones themselves).

I'm Not Like You, Flowers On The Moon and September Girl - These songs were originally written for Wilmer X.

I Wanna Be With You - This song was originally written for Roxette.

Keep The Radio On (This Is The Perfect Song) - This song was originally written for Gyllene Tider with the title Gå Hem Innan Du Lägger Dej.

Genius Gone Wrong - This song was originally written for Gyllene Tider. A different version of the song is only available on the album Jag Har Förstått Allt, Men Jag Kan Inte Ge Några Detaljer.

When the book was released in November 1995 a limited edition bonus CD was included with the first 2.000 copies of the book. On the cover of this bonus CD the names of the fictional characters from the book were printed instead of the musicians' real names which were supposed to be secret. As the media had already started to write about the real names of the group members there were no queues outside the few bookshops that had the first edition of the book.

The bonus CD in fact been manufactured as a run of 2.500 copies and 500 copies of these were used as promotional copies. A limited edition of 640 promotional vinyl records was also made and this vinyl album immediately became a collectors item which was soon sold for SEK 500 or more.

When the commercial CD was released the secret that most fans already knew was revealed.

The musicians were members of the Swedish groups Gyllene Tider and Wilmer X.

Flowers On The Moon / Lonely Boys was the first and only single released by the hobby group The Lonely Boys and both of these songs are taken from their album The Lonely Boys.

Only 780 copies of the Swedish CDS were made but there is also a Dutch edition of the CDS. Both editions of the single are hard to find but the CDS made in The Netherlands is harder to find than the Swedish release.

Juni, Juli, Augusti was a single by Gyllene Tider which was released about one month after the enormously successful tour "Återtaget-96".

Juni, Juli, Augusti was previously available on their CDS E.P. buth the song Ingen Går I Ringen was not available anywhere else until it was included on the compilation album Konstpaus which was released in July, 2000.

The photographs on the cover of this single were taken by Ulf Magnusson during the tour of 1996.

Återtaget 96! was a promotion CD which EMI made specially for SJ (Statens Järnvägar, the Swedish railway company) who was the sponsor of Gyllene Tider's successful tour "Återtaget -96".

This CD contains album versions of songs by the artists who performed during the tour and the reason for this promotion album was that SJ wanted a special Christams gift to send to their V.I.P. customers.

Only 1.000 copies of this CD were made and it came in a fold-out digipak and was never for sale in any shops.

The World According To Gessle is Per Gessle's first solo album in English and it was recorded at Atlantis Studios, Polar Studios and EMI Studios in Stockholm between September 1996 and January 1997.

Marie Fredriksson makes a guest appearance on the song I'll Be Alright and musicians on the album were most of the members of Gyllene Tider as well as members of Roxette's band and members of the Swedish group Brainpool.

The song T-T-T-Take It! was originally written for Roxette and was meant to be included on the album Don't Bore Us - Get To The Chorus in 1995 but the song June Afternoon was chosen instead and T-T-T-Take It! finally ended up on this album.

The album also includes a ghost track which is a Different version of the song Kix and there is no information about this song on the sleeve or in the booklet. Per Gessle once stated in an interview that this song was called Kix-cha-cha! and that he was trying to sound like Elvis Presley when he recorded this version.

In Sweden the first promotion cassette was made in 100 copies but it had a different track list than the final album and therefore it was never sent out to the media. Because of the chnage of the track list a new promotion cassette was made and sent out to journalists in advance.

The Japanese issue of the CD includes the song Love Doesn't Live Here as a bonus track and this song is only available on this CD and on the single Kix.

Produced by Per Gessle, Michael Ilbert and Clarence Öfwerman. B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B was co-produced by Christoffer Lundquist.

I Want You To Know was the third single taken from Per Gessle's solo album The World According To Gessle and it was only released in Scandinavia.

The single includes three demos which are unavailable anywhere else (except on the U.K. release of the CDS Kix which was released after this CDS).

Jupiter Calling was originally written for the group Leningrad Cowboys who recorded the song and included on their album Go Space in 1996.

Let's Party was originally written for Roxette's album Look Sharp! but Per Gessle didn't like the song and therefore The Look was included instead of this song. The Swedish / Norwegian group Sha-Boom eventually recorded the song (with slightly different lyrics) for their album Let's Party in 1990 and the song was also released as a single and became a huge hit in Scandinavia the same year.

Hjärtats Trakt / En Samling is a compilation album by Per Gessle including songs previously released on his Swedish solo albums.

EMI released this low price album as a part of a whole series of albums by Swedish artists and the CDs were mainly supposed to be sold at gas stations and convenience stores.

The picture on the front of the cover has never before been used for a record and it was taken during the same photo shoot as the picture used on the box set På Väg, 1982-86. The picture inside the booklet was orginally used on the back of his single Inte Tillsammans, Inte Isär and later also in the booklet for his box set.

Ljudet Av Ett Annat Hjärta / En Samling is a compilation album by Gyllene Tider including songs previously released on some of their albums.

EMI released this low price album as a part of a whole series of albums by Swedish artists and the CDs were mainly supposed to be sold at gas stations and convenience stores.

The picture on the front of the bookelt is the same picture as was used on the cover of Gyllene Tider's single Ljudet Av Ett Annat Hjärta but the picture inside the booklet has never before been used for a record.

The picture was taken during the same photo shoot as the picture used on their Fan Club single För Dina Bruna Ögons Skull and it was also used as a Fan Club postcard.

Återtaget - Gyllene Tider Live! is the second live album released by Gyllene Tider and it was recorded during the concerts at Trädgårdsföreningen in Göteborg on August 3 & 5, 1996.

Gyllene Tider played the same songs during most of the concerts on this tour (some alternations occured) but the song Den Öde Stranden was evetually deleted from the playlist. This song was not played during the concerts in Göteborg which means that the CD covers the complete concert on these dates.

A dramatized docummentary called Återtaget was released as a home video by TV on December 12, 1997.

Konstpaus is a compilation album by Gyllene Tider including all of the songs recorded by the group during the 1990s.

The album includes three songs taken from their greatest hits album Halmstads Pärlor, six songs only released on singles and six songs recorded by the group Pers Garage.

The songs by Pers Garage were originally included on Gyllene Tider's first greatest hits album Instant Hits 1979-1989! but since this album was withdrawn in 1995 it was decided to include these songs on Kostpaus even though they were not recoded during the 1990s.

The song Du Är En Gangster, Älskling! which was included on the greatest hits album Halmstads Pärlor is the only song released during the 1990s that is not included on Konstpaus.

The World According To Gessle is Per Gessle's first solo album in English and it was recorded at Atlantis Studios, Polar Studios and EMI Studios in Stockholm between September 1996 and January 1997.

Marie Fredriksson makes a guest appearance on the song I'll Be Alright and musicians on the album were most of the members of Gyllene Tider as well as members of Roxette's band and members of the Swedish group Brainpool.

The song T-T-T-Take It! was originally written for Roxette and was meant to be included on the album Don't Bore Us - Get To The Chorus in 1995 but the song June Afternoon was chosen instead and T-T-T-Take It! finally ended up on this album.

The album also includes a ghost track which is a Different version of the song Kix and there is no information about this song on the sleeve or in the booklet. Per Gessle once stated in an interview that this song was called Kix-cha-cha! and that he was trying to sound like Elvis Presley when he recorded this version.

In Sweden the first promotion cassette was made in 100 copies but it had a different track list than the final album and therefore it was never sent out to the media. Because of the chnage of the track list a new promotion cassette was made and sent out to journalists in advance.

The Japanese issue of the CD includes the song Love Doesn't Live Here as a bonus track and this song is only available on this CD and on the single Kix.

Produced by Per Gessle, Michael Ilbert and Clarence Öfwerman. B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B was co-produced by Christoffer Lundquist.

This box-set includes eleven volumes with ten 'digipacks' and one 180 gr LP vinyl. ’The Archives’ take the listener on a journey through Per Gessle’s long career as both songwriter and artist.

The box contains four volumes under the category ’Demos & Other Fun Stuff!’, and it includes previously unreleased songs which for various reasons didn’t end up on a Roxette, Gyllene Tider or solo album, along with songs that Per wrote for movies, other artists and so on.

Five volumes in the box go by the name ’The Roxette Demos!’. One of these five volumes comes as an exclusive 180-gram vinyl.

And last two volumes of the original demo versions of Per’s biggest solo-albums, ’Mazarin’ and ’En händig man’.

These eleven volumes come with a 52 pages strong booklet with the stories behind all the records in the box.